| 1 | 1 | | By: Perry S.B. No. 161 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the procedure for certain complaints against health |
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| 7 | 7 | | care practitioners. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 112, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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| 10 | 10 | | adding Subchapter C to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SUBCHAPTER C. COMPLAINT REFERRALS |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 112.101. COMPLAINTS AGAINST HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER |
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| 13 | 13 | | LICENSED BY DIFFERENT LICENSING ENTITY. (a) Notwithstanding any |
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| 14 | 14 | | other law, a licensing entity that receives a complaint concerning |
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| 15 | 15 | | a health care practitioner who holds a license issued by a different |
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| 16 | 16 | | licensing entity shall promptly forward a copy of the complaint to |
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| 17 | 17 | | that licensing entity. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) A licensing entity may not take disciplinary action |
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| 19 | 19 | | based on a complaint against a health care practitioner who holds a |
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| 20 | 20 | | license issued by a different licensing entity unless that |
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| 21 | 21 | | licensing entity refers the complaint back to the licensing entity |
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| 22 | 22 | | that received the complaint for investigation and resolution. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 24 | 24 | | a complaint filed against a health care practitioner on or after the |
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| 25 | 25 | | effective date of this Act. A complaint filed before the effective |
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| 26 | 26 | | date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the |
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| 27 | 27 | | complaint was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for |
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| 28 | 28 | | that purpose. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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